Once again, Sarah, Duchess of York's reputation appears to be in tatters.
Since the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 2021, Prince Andrew's ex-wife had slowly been returning to royal favour - albeit in an unofficial capacity.
Just last week, Fergie was seen alongside the King and the Prince and Princess of Wales at the Duchess of Kent's funeral.
Alongside Prince Andrew, Sarah has regularly been seen attending church services in Windsor and Sandringham with the Royal Family - more or less distancing herself from the Epstein scandal that forced her ex-husband to step back as a working royal.
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But this weekend, it emerged that Sarah, Duchess of York was tangled in the paedophile's web.
In 2008, the late financier Jeffrey Epstein was convicted of a number of child sexual offences.
In 2011, Fergie apologised in a media interview for accepting £15,000 from the sex offender to pay off some of her debts, vowing to never contact him again - describing paedophilia as "abhorrent".
However, just a couple of weeks after publication, Sarah secretly emailed Epstein - a grovelling apology for what she said in the interview, praising Epstein's "generosity", and describing him as a "supreme friend."
Convicted sex offender Epstein died in 2019 | GETTYThis weekend, that email was published in two Sunday papers - appearing to show Sarah continuing an association with the convicted paedophile, having publicly promised to cut all ties.
A spokesperson for Fergie claims she sent the email to Epstein after he threatened her with a defamation lawsuit, having been advised to do so by lawyers. They said: “The duchess spoke of her regret about her association with Epstein many years ago, and as they have always been, her first thoughts are with his victims.
“Like many people, she was taken in by his lies. As soon as she was aware of the extent of the allegations against him, she not only cut off contact but condemned him publicly, to the extent that he then threatened to sue her for defamation for associating him with paedophilia. She does not resile from anything she said then.
“This email was sent in the context of advice the duchess was given to try to assuage Epstein and his threats.”
Sarah Ferguson has been dropped by several charities where she served as patron | GETTYHowever, many have questioned how a convicted paedophile could have successfully sued her for libel.
Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his prison cell in 2019, awaiting trial for child sex trafficking charges.
On Monday, a number of charities which had Sarah, Duchess of York as their Patron have cut ties, many of which support children.
A the time of this article's publication, seven charities have parted ways, including Prevent Breast Cancer, Children's Literacy Charity, Julia's House, The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, Teenage Cancer Trust, National Foundation for Retired Service Animals and the British Heart Foundation.
Prince Andrew and King Charles are known to have a strained relationship | REUTERSFergie's spokesperson is not commenting on the charities' actions, but it will clearly be a devastating blow for her - she has spent years supporting charitable organisations, especially ones involving children and young people.
Teenage Cancer Trust, for example, welcomed Sarah as a Patron for 35 years, so this will likely be particularly devastating.
Perhaps more poignantly, Prevent Breast Cancer has severed ties after just two years; Fergie signed up after her own experience with the disease.
From the charities' perspectives, it was impossible to continue working with Prince Andrew's ex-wife, with the emails suggesting her association with a convicted paedophile was much deeper than first thought.